Sex and the City

In her latest article for Financial World, Alexandra Carn examines how the #MeToo movement has changed attitudes and working practices in the City – albeit not always for the better.

Some may feel that it remains a case of bad habits dying hard. In September 2018, the Women’s Trust published the results of a survey of 4,000 women between the ages of 16 and 30. The poll found that 23 per cent of them had experience of sexual harassment while at work but only 8 per cent had reported it. Reasons for not reporting included lack of knowledge or availability of a complaints procedure and, more concerningly, fear of reprisal, particularly dismissal…